Search - In Nelson's Footsteps - The Life & Times of Lord Horatio Nelson on DVD

In this three part series, our presenter Colin White follows in the footsteps of Horatio Nelson in his native Britain, to explore the influences which shaped his character and formed his genius. Colin White is one of Brita... more &raquoin's leading Nelson scholars, with a number of books, articles, public lectures and TV programmes to his credit.In the opening episode Colin White visits Norfolk, one of the two most significant regions of the country for Nelson. He goes to Burnham Thorpe where Nelson was born into a rector's family. We learn how the young boy would have visited the sea ports nearby and heard the exciting reports of his seafaring uncle's exploits. Nelson was later to join him at the age of 12 at Chatham Docks, on his battleship HMS Raisonable.In episode 2 our presenter visits the HMS Victory, the ship which was to become synonymous with Nelson's name. We discover the problems that he experienced in his private life, due to his childless marriage with Fanny Nesbitt. But his naval career went from strength to strength with each naval victory that he won. After recovering from wounds in battle he was to meet the great love of his life, Emma Hamilton. We go to Merton Place in London where Nelson was to experience a short period of happiness with Emma and their daughter Horatia.In the last episode Colin meets with one of Nelson's descendants. We learn what life would have been like on board the Victory from the man who directly follows in Nelson's footsteps. We visit the Admiralty boardroom where the plans for the Battle of Trafalgar were made. Colin describes the last few hours of Nelson's life on the Victory before he was fatally wounded. We see and hear how Nelson's life and death was celebrated at his funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral.&laquo less

Movie Reviews

A must for Nelson fans

Daniel Blue | 06/24/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This series is scattered with golden nuggets of information - whether it's the number of oaks it would have taken to build an 18th century Royal Navy warship or a childhood experience which gives us insight into what made Nelson the man. What I particularly like is that it's not just about Victory and Trafalgar. We get a rare look at some of the lesser well-known places associated with the admiral - the Norfolk church where his father was minister; Chatham Docks where he first set sail as a boy; the site of Merton Place where he lived with Emma Hamilton."